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  • Stop and have a chat with police

    POLICE and Tesco have joined forces to give shoppers a chance to air their concerns about the community. PCSOs Nicola Smith and Angela Richardson will hold drop-in surgeries in Tesco cafe on Manchester Road from tomoww, Saturday, November 21. PCSO Smith

  • Not in my backyard brigade should stop complaining

    NIMBYs, the lot of you! That’s Not In My Back Yard, for the uneducated. Every week I read the same old complaints about incinerators, whinge, whinge, whinge. The people of Northwich obviously want the conveniences of the modern world but don’t want

  • Witton v Matlock: preview

    Witton Albion v Matlock Town (Kick off 3pm) FA Trophy Third Qualifying Round Venue Wincham Park Prize money £4,000 Admission Adults £8.50, Concessions £5.50, U16s £4, U14s Free Replay date Tuesday, November 24 (Kick off 7.45pm) Previous meeting

  • Flood driving advice

    WITH more flooding predicted, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has today issued advice to drivers. IAM chief examiner Peter Rodger said: "If the journey is unavoidable, motorists should take extra precautions when dealing with severe

  • Fleetwood will test us, says Preece

    ANDY Preece admits he faces an unenviable task in trying to knock his former Blackpool teammate’s side out of the FA Trophy tomorrow, Saturday. Vics’ third qualifying round opponents Fleetwood Town, bossed by Micky Mellon, have yet to lose at home this

  • New Vision for Middlewich

    MIDDLEWICH Vision is under new leadership. Julia Brumby, who worked for the former Congleton Borough Council's community safety partnership, has taken over as project coordinator for the town’s regeneration project. Speaking to the Guardian last week

  • Check out your bones

    OSTEOPOROSIS screening will take place at Northwich Memorial Hall’ on Monday, December 14. Women are welcome to call in between 9am and 6pm for a non-invasive scan for £20. One in two women over 50 suffer from the disease and preventative screening is

  • Vagrants victory may restore self-belief

    Crewe Vagrants 3 Kingston-upon-Hull 2. IN their clash with fellow-NHL Premiership strugglers on Saturday Vagrants’ self-belief once again deserted them when seemingly coasting towards victory. Looking comfortable at half-time, Crewe then began to wobble

  • SNOOKER: Review of the Week

    MIDDLEWICH Legion D are the only team across three divisions still to boast a perfect record in the Mid-Cheshire League, writes Graham Carter. They are being pushed hard by champions Owley Wood C in Division One. Pockets C and United

  • Harvey double is Dabbers’ downfall

    Nantwich Town 2 Retford United 3. NANTWICH Town warmed up for this weekend’s crunch FA Trophy third qualifying round clash with Eastwood Town with a defeat. Their guests on Saturday sneaked victory after a hard-fought encounter, Neil Harvey's strike

  • Gradi’s uphill struggle

    Crewe Alex 1 Morecambe 2. ONE year later and the sounds around Gresty Road are all too familiar. Just like results despite two sackings and the return of an Alex legend to the helm. Surely the only way is up after arguably the most disappointing league

  • GRADI: WE’LL BOUNCE BACK

    CREWE boss Dario Gradi remains adamant that his current crop of players is good enough to turn things around. With pressure already beginning to mount in his third reign, the 67-year-old needs to reproduce one of his stellar Alex comebacks of old to

  • Crime file - can you help?

    Winsford police are looking for help from the public with the following incidents: A group of youths damaged the main entrance to the Old Court House Flats in High Street, Winsford, on Wednesday, November 11. Burglars broke into a house in Quarry

  • Crewe Community Group Celebrates Windfall

    THE Crewe West Community Group is celebrating after gaining a Big Lottery Awards grant of £9,958. Local councillor Roy Cartlidge presented members of the group with the cheque at community centre Webby’s on Monday. The funding bid – which was initiated

  • Fleetwood v Vics: preview

    Fleetwood Town v Northwich Victoria (Kick off 3pm) FA Trophy Third Qualifying Round Venue Highbury Stadium Admission Adults £10, Concessions and U16s £5 Prize Money £4,000 Odds (Blue Square) Fleetwood 10/11, Draw 5/2, Vics 9/4 Replay date Tuesday

  • Let's keep our focus, says Vics skipper

    SIMON Grand insists concentration will be key to improving Northwich Victoria’s fortune in the coming weeks. Vics’ skipper told the Guardian that lapses at inopportune moments had cost his team points in their bid to climb the Blue Square North

  • Mullan: Fleetwood matters most now

    FORMER Vics wide man Jamie Mullan comes face-to-face with his old teammates at Highbury tomorrow, writes Derick Thomas. The 21-year-old left Northwich in the summer following their relegation from non-league’s top tier, ending an 18-months stay at the

  • Festive find rescued from the Floatel

    DEMOLITION of Northwich’s sinking Floatel is now well under way – with the hotel yielding a surprise secret in the festive form of an abandoned Christmas tree. Former Floatel employee Fiona Rice contacted British Waterways when she learned of its imminent